Summer nights are made for being outside. Last night, we started with a trip to the custard shop for the humans and followed it up with a trip to the dog park for the pups. I love these little impromptu family date nights. And I'm pretty sure the pups do too.
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Note from the editor: no dogs were harmed in the writing of this post. If you haven't done so already, be sure to leave a comment here for a chance to win my favorite summer cookbook! Giveaway closes tomorrow.
Dear Mary, As your favorite alpha dog, I would like to thank you for giving me the opportunity to write about your blog. I have been a religious follower over the last 7 dog years. Wow, how time has passed. Here are some of my favorite postings in no particular order. Diego the Beagle Diego is relatively new to this doggie pack. He came to us in about the last dog year. Though Mary gets it wrong that he is the best cuddler, he is still one of my best friends. Walking Pedro Walks are my second favorite thing of the day (eating is my favorite time of day, OF COURSE). My favorite part of this post is how Mary reveals that she is obsessed with me. Silly human. Pedro the Beagle I do not understand what you are talking about when you say you take turns voicing what I am thinking. I am quite capable of speaking in my native tongue. I say hello to my doggie friends who pass by and to my humans when they come home after being gone a long time. Pedro found a fan I still do not understand how that thing works. It is almost as baffling as that mystery dog I saw on the coffee table last night. Acceptance You talk about my smelling habits. You realize I am a beagle, right? The best hunting dog in the world (notice how many strangers tell you that)? If you let me hunt rabbits like I want to, you might understand that better. Gratitude: My Dog Pedro One of the best pictures of me ever. Well, I have done enough writing for the day. I am going to go to guard the house now. With Loving Affection, Don Pedro P.S. This is my least favorite posting. Such animal cruelty! P.P.S. Diego says "I love you!" Happy first birthday Finding Joy! I am so excited for this blogging milestone and so happy to be sharing it with you all. Even Diego was excited enough to get dressed up for the occasion; Pedro, not so much. It's been a great year, filled with ups and downs like any other, and it's cool to have lots of posts documenting the things that made it unique. I started this blog because I had been in a slump, and I felt like I was missing a lot of the little things that made my life wonderful. A year later, I think I've made progress in appreciating my daily life and not letting the good things pass me by. As I learned from The Happiness Project "the days are long, but the years are short." You forget to pay attention and suddenly years have gone by without you really knowing all the great things you had.
As a big thank you to all of you who have helped make this first year of blogging so fun, I'm giving away a copy of my new favorite cook book Home Made Summer. The book is beautiful - filled with lots of illustrations, gorgeous photos, clever writing, and of course delicious recipes. To enter simply leave a comment on this post with some of your favorite things about summer. Comments open until Wednesday, July 17th. Winner annouced Thursday, July 18th! I've got some great posts planned for you this week including some Home Made Summer sneak peeks (plus two more pretty books), a year in review version of Today I'm Thankful For, a guest post from Pedro with his favorite posts, and more! It's going to be a partay! P.S. Don't forget you can follow Finding Joy on my new facebook page here. You can also follow me on twitter, bloglovin, pinterest, or goodreads! P.P.S Thank you so much for reading! I wouldn't have made it this far without all of your support! I never thought someone would turn me into a (n almost) dog lover. In the past, my dog-owner skills left something to be desired, and I felt dogs were best seen and not heard. You began my conversion by getting me to watch Peanuts and fall in love Snoopy. With the Snoopy phase completed, you swooped in with the idea to adopt a beagle. My response was basically a shoulder shrug. It's not that I didn't like beagles, I just hadn't even thought about them enough at that point to like or dislike them. (Pet lovers please don't hate me, I promise I've come around!)
When I was still learning to love Pedro, you helped me warm up to him by seeing some of his most obnoxious behaviors as loveable quirks. You brainstormed dozens of solutions for dealing with his anxiety so we didn't have to give him up. You're helping me be more patient with Diego by translating his howls into him saying "how are you?" or "I love you!" You turn chores into playtime. You will take care of Pedro and Diego at all times of day in all kinds of weather. You give them hilarious dog voices that I now see as an integral part of their personalities. We've even turned some of your best ideas into a rough sketch for a kid's book (because we're just that cool). I love taking the dogs to the dog park with you in the summer and seeing you all run towards me when it's time to go. Seeing you with our pups confirmed what I already knew - that you're going to be an amazing dad someday. Because if you can keep a dog alive you can keep a baby human alive too right? Just try not to mix up their food and avoid putting our babies in the kennel. |